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Geo Super Football League

For other sports leagues which may be referred to by this name, see List of professional sports leagues.
Geo Super League
Organising bodyPakistan Football Federation
Founded2007
First season2007
Folded2010
CountryPakistan
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs5
Last championsKarachi Energy
(2010)
Most championshipsIslamabad United
Karachi Energy
TV partnersGEO Super
WebsiteGeo SFL 2007 official site
Geo SFL 2010 official site

The Geo Super Football League or SFL was the first professional inter-city football league of Pakistan, with support of the Pakistan Football Federation. It was established in 2007 and telecasted live via GEO Super. The SFL ran separate to the Pakistan Premier League. The league did not continue because the organisers and sponsors reportedly did not want to work with the Pakistan Football Federation again.[1]

In the first two seasons all matches were played in Karachi's Peoples Football Stadium.[2]

History

Geo TV Network and the Pakistan Football Federation came together in 2006 and began work on establishing Pakistan's first national inter-city football league to be televised on GEO Super. It ran based on franchise model, and as a parallel city-based league to the Pakistan Premier League over a span of two months, and was one of the few televised domestic championship held in the country since its inception. The league attracted record crowds at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.[2][3]

However, with a lack of long term support from Pakistan Football Federation, the league was discontinued until summer 2010, when K-Electric stepped in to support the venture with another SFL season and merited a second attempt in 2010.[3] Players for each teams were selected through trials.[4]

However, the league did not continue because the organisers and sponsors reportedly did not want to work with the Pakistan Football Federation again. The reason was largely because Geo Super conducted it purely for commercial reasons, while the Pakistan Football Federation failed to cash in on it for the long term betterment of football in the country.[3]

Teams

The league was made up of five teams, representatives of different cities. Each team was composed of national and international players. For the first time the best players of the nation came together under the umbrella of these five cities for the inter-city football league. The names of the teams were the following:[5][4]

  • Tribe FC Peshawar
  • Islamabad United FC
  • Lahore Lajpaals FC
  • Quetta Zorawar FC
  • Karachi Energy (Karachi Bazigar)

2007 season

Format

The 2007 season spanned from July 20 to September 9. All matches were played in the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi. The SFL was divided into two rounds. The first round was a round-robin league format in which the 5 teams would play a total of 8 league matches each, twice against their opponents. After the commencement of the league round, the top 4 teams out of 5 were drawn for a knock-out stage round involving single-legged semi finals with the winners meeting in a final to determine the inaugural Geo Super League champion of Pakistan.

League round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Lahore Lajpaals 8 6 1 1 15 6 +9 19 Advance to semi-finals
2 Quetta Zorawar 8 5 2 1 12 6 +6 17
3 Karachi Bazigar 8 4 2 2 10 5 +5 14
4 Islamabad United 8 1 2 5 7 16 −9 5
5 Tribe FC Peshawar 8 0 2 6 7 18 −11 2
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2023. Source: (Official website)


Fixtures and results

Karachi Bazigar1 – 0Lahore Lajpaals
(Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar1 – 1Islamabad United
(Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar1 – 0Tribe FC Peshawar
Jadid Khan ?' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Islamabad United0 – 2Karachi Bazigar
(Report) Zeeshan Ali ?'
Shakir Lashari ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar2 – 3Lahore Lajpaals
Abid 21'
 ? 33'		 (Report) Amir Khan 4' (pen.) 52' (pen.)
Mehmood ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Bazigar0 – 0Quetta Zorawar
(Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Islamabad United2 – 1Tribe FC Peshawar
Tajuddeen 13'
Emeka Aliewa 43'		 (Report) Hashmi 4'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals1 – 0Quetta Zorawar
Muhammad Asif 20' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar4 – 1Islamabad United
Nasrullah 45'
Shahid 79'
Essa ?'
Jadid ?'		 (Report) Atiq Ullah 69'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals4 – 0Tribe FC Peshawar
Akram 8'
Mehmood 19', 60', 88'		 (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Bazigar2 – 0Islamabad United
Shah ?'
Lashari 40'		 (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar1 – 2Lahore Lajpaals
Jadid 64' (Report) Bashir 54'
Mehmood 62'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Bazigar4 – 1Tribe FC Peshawar
Aziz ?'
Lashari ?'
Moosa ?'
Akbar Ali ?'		 (Report) Siraj Hussain ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals3 – 1Islamabad United
Mehmood ?'
Abdul Waqas ?'
Amir Khan ?' (pen.)		 (Report) Qasim ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar2 – 0Karachi Bazigar
Essa 15', ?' (pen.) (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar1 – 1Karachi Bazigar
Niazi 75' (Report) Shah 24'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals1 – 0Karachi Bazigar
Zaheer Abbas ?' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar1 – 2Quetta Zorawar
Niazi 10' (Report) Essa ?', ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals1 – 1Islamabad United
Atif Hussain ?' (Report) Qasim ?'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

Semi-finals

Lahore Lajpaals0 – 0
(aet)		Islamabad United
(Report)
Penalties
Amir Khan soccer ball with check mark
Haji Muhammad soccer ball with check mark
Bashir Ahmed soccer ball with red X
Muhammad Shahid soccer ball with red X
Naveed Akram soccer ball with red X
Atif Hussain soccer ball with red X		 2 – 3 soccer ball with red X Arif Masih
soccer ball with check mark Yasir Afridi
soccer ball with red X Kamran Khan
soccer ball with red X Sajjad Hussain
soccer ball with check mark Yasir Sabir
soccer ball with check mark Ghulam Mohiuddin
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Referee: Muhammad Iqbal Junior
Quetta Zorawar0 – 0
(aet)		Karachi Bazigar
(Report)
Penalties
Muhammad Essa soccer ball with check mark
Shahid Ahmed soccer ball with check mark
Noor Muhammad soccer ball with check mark
Mehmood Khan soccer ball with red X
Agha Raza soccer ball with red X		 3 – 4 soccer ball with check mark Abdul Aziz
soccer ball with check mark Misbah-ul-Hassan
soccer ball with check mark Farooq Shah
soccer ball with check mark Akhtar Mamol
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Referee: Khalid Khan

Final

Karachi Bazigar0 – 0
(aet)		Islamabad United
(Report)
Penalties
Abdul Aziz soccer ball with red X
Misbah-ul-Hassan soccer ball with check mark
Farooq Shah soccer ball with red X
Akhtar Mamol soccer ball with check mark
Ali Akbar soccer ball with check mark		 3 – 4 soccer ball with red X Yasir Sabir
soccer ball with check mark Kamran Khan
soccer ball with check mark Nasir Shoaib
soccer ball with check mark Atiqullah
soccer ball with check mark Ghulam Mohiuddin
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Referee: Jahangir Khan

Awards

Award Recipient Club
Top Scorer[6] Arif Mehmood (8 goals) Lahore Lajpaals
Player of the Tournament[7] Muhammad Essa Quetta Zorawar
Fair Play Award[7] Lahore Lajpaals

2010 season

Format

The second season of Geo Super Football League, featuring five regional teams, was held from June 12 to August 8 at the Peoples Football Stadium under floodlights.

League round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Karachi Energy 8 4 3 1 11 6 +5 15 Advance to semi-finals
2 Quetta Zorawar 8 3 3 2 8 5 +3 12
3 Lahore Lajpaals 8 3 3 2 12 9 +3 12
4 Islamabad United 8 1 4 3 5 4 +1 7
5 Tribe FC Peshawar 8 1 3 4 4 6 −2 6
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: (Official website)


Fixtures and results

Karachi Energy2 – 2Islamabad United
Shakir Lashari 20'
Abdul Aziz 41'		 (Report) 59' (o.g.) Akbar Ali
79' (pen.) Muhammad Ramzan
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar3 – 0Lahore Lajpaals
Nasrullah Khan 19' (pen.)
Jadid Khan 60'
Mehmood Khan 73'		 (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar2 – 2Islamabad United
Ibrar Ullah 39'
Sohail Khan 50'		 (Report) 6' Yasir Afridi
10' Muhammad Qasim
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar1 – 0Tribe FC Peshawar
Jadid Khan 38' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals0 – 0Islamabad United
(Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Energy1 – 0Quetta Zorawar
Saddam Hussain 21' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar0 – 3Lahore Lajpaals
(Report) 74' Muhammad Asif
81' 88' Ghulam Abbas
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Islamabad United1 – 0Quetta Zorawar
Fahadullah 53' (Report)
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Energy3 – 1Tribe F.C. Peshawar
Abdul Rehman 2'
Muhammad Rasool 12' 56'		 (Report) 6' Adeel Ahmed
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals0 – 1Karachi Energy
(Report) 19' Saddam Hussain
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar1 – 0Islamabad United
Imran Niazi 90'
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar2 – 1Karachi Energy
Kaleemullah Khan 29'
Imran Hashmi 81'		 27' Muhammad Rasool
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar2 – 2Lahore Lajpaals
Nasrullah Khan 38' 44' 20' Ghulam Abbas
85' Muhammad Asim
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Islamabad United0 – 2Karachi Energy
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar0 – 1Lahore Lajpaals
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Quetta Zorawar0 – 0Islamabad United
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar1 – 1Karachi Energy
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Islamabad United0 – 2Lahore Lajpaals
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Tribe FC Peshawar0 – 0Quetta Zorawar
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Lahore Lajpaals0 – 0Karachi Energy
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

Semi-finals

Lahore Lajpaals1 – 2Quetta Zorawar
Adil 3' (Report) 26' 33' Kaleemullah Khan
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi
Karachi Energy1 – 1
(a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 pens.)		Islamabad United
Muhammad Essa 91' (pen.) (Report) 120' (pen.) Muhammad Ramzan
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

Final

Quetta Zorawar0 – 1Karachi Energy
(Report) 83' Muhammad Rasool
Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[8]
Muhammad Rasool Karachi Energy 6
Nasrullah Khan Quetta Zorawar 3
Ghulam Abbas Lahore Lajpaals 3
Asim Mansoor Lahore Lajpaals 3
Saddam Hussain Karachi Energy 2
Mehmood Khan Quetta Zorawar 1
Yasir Afridi Islamabad United 1
Muhammad Qasim Islamabad United 1
Ibrar Ullah Tribe FC Peshawar 1
Sohail Khan Tribe FC Peshawar 1

Awards

Award Recipient[9] Club
Top Scorer Muhammad Rasool Karachi Energy
Player of the Tournament Muhammad Riaz Islamabad United
Best Goalkeeper Muhammad Omar Karachi Energy
Best match commissioner Iqbal Junior
Best referee Khurram Shehzad

Records & statistics

As of 2 August 2010[6][10]
  • First match: Karachi Bazigars v Lahore Lajpaals (20 July 2007)
  • Biggest winning margin: 4 goals
    • Lahore Lajpaals 4–0 Tribe FC Peshawar (16 August 2007)
  • Most wins in a season: 6 matches – Lahore Lajpaals
  • Most losses in a season: 6 matches – Tribe FC Peshawar
  • Most goals in a match: 6 goals
    • Karachi Energy 4–2 Islamabad United (28 July 2010)
  • Most goals in a match by a single player: 3 goals – Arif Mehmood (Lahore Lajpaals)
    • Lahore Lajpaals 4–0 Tribe FC Peshawar (16 August 2007)
  • Most goals scored by a team in a season: 15 goals – Lahore Lajaals
  • Fewest goals scored by a team in a season: 2 goals – Tribe FC Peshawar
  • Most goals conceded by a team in a season: 16 goals – Tribe FC Peshawar
  • Fewest goals conceded by a team in a season: 5 goals – Karachi Bazigars

See also

References

  1. ^ Sohail, Shahrukh (2020-08-09). "FOOTBALL: A LEAGUE FOR PAKISTAN FOOTBALL". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  2. ^ a b Ahsan, Ali (2011-02-02). "A history of football in Pakistan — Final part". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ a b c Ahsan, Ali (2012-11-13). "Time to scrap the premier league?". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  4. ^ a b "Super Football League: PFF announces trial schedule". DAWN.COM. 2010-05-16. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ^ "Pakistan - Foundation Dates of Clubs". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  6. ^ a b "History - Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super | geosuper.tv". 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  7. ^ a b "NEWS ( 3rd September - 9th September 2007)". 2007-10-08. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  8. ^ "Top Goal Scorers - Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super | geosuper.tv". 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  9. ^ "Rasool inspires Karachi to SFL glory - Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super | geosuper.tv". 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  10. ^ "Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super | geosuper.tv". 2011-10-17. Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
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